( Again, something he has to live with, as he does with all his choices. Still stumbling along through the night at times β trying to find that balance of Bruce and The Batman while not letting himself beat the crooks he hunts down to a pulp despite the temptation to. It's hard not to slip up sometimes β hard not to try and be better after everything.
So he looks up, sigh there on his lips and he looks tired. Emotionally. )
Killing him wouldn't have brought you back.
( He shakes his head, looking off. )
It wouldn't bring my parents back.
( To kill the one[s] responsible for that. But Jason had come back, though not as a direct result of killing anyone. He shouldn't have come back. Much as part of him is glad to see him alive again, he should be at peace, he thinks. Not ripped from whatever semblance of it he might have found and thrust back into the cesspool that is Gotham. That's what they can barely keep together in terms of a relationship with one another. )
gently returns but also yes
So he looks up, sigh there on his lips and he looks tired. Emotionally. )
Killing him wouldn't have brought you back.
( He shakes his head, looking off. )
It wouldn't bring my parents back.
( To kill the one[s] responsible for that. But Jason had come back, though not as a direct result of killing anyone. He shouldn't have come back. Much as part of him is glad to see him alive again, he should be at peace, he thinks. Not ripped from whatever semblance of it he might have found and thrust back into the cesspool that is Gotham. That's what they can barely keep together in terms of a relationship with one another. )
You deserved better.